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...Juilliard President William Schuman's revised Violin Concerto, played by Isaac Stern and the fine student orchestra, firmly led by Jean Morel. The concerto moved under a powerful drive (oldfashioned gear shift, not fluid) that led it into some stunning effects of developing tension. The violin was almost continually active, but it was frequently drowned in the tricky accompaniment; before it was over, the work had turned into a fancy juggling...
...with precision and enthusiasm by Conductor Jean Morel, the Juilliard student orchestra began with an eclectic taradiddle called a "Preamble" by Manhattan Composer Bernard Wagenaar, then settled down to serious business: Composer Roger Sessions' Concerto for Pianoforte and Orchestra. It was the second Sessions premiere in four weeks (TIME, Jan. 30), with a symphony and a Mass still to come this spring. Played brilliantly by Pianist Beveridge Webster, the score, to tradition-attuned listeners, was like being sprayed with salvos of molten metal and broken glass. But the salvos were always tightly under control, and the fragments landed...
Offenbach: Le Vie Parisienne (Jennie Tourel; Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Morel; Columbia). A saucy score culled from several operas, with Tourel's fine mezzo-soprano, gaily modernized scoring and fine acoustics...
George London: Dramatic Scenes from Russian and French Operas (with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, conducted by Kurt Adler and Jean Morel; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Up & coming George London uses his darkly magnificent bass-baritone to best advantage in the melodramatic scene from Prince Igor, sits rather heavily on the more lyrical ones. Other operas (all little known) from which London sings selections: Rubinstein's The Demon, Paladilhe's Patrie, Massenet's Don Quichotte...
Joanna Brown '52 will play the title "ole, while Theodore Thieme '52 and Theodore Gershuny '54 will play March-banks and Morel respectively. Gershuny will also double as managing director for the new production...